Copyright owners given chance to join ACS:Law case
08 February 2011
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Fionn O'Raghallaigh, London
The firms behind letters accusing thousands of individuals of copyright infringement have folded, but proceedings involving 27 people are stayed for now
Judge Colin Birss of the Patents County Court (PCC) in London today handed down a judgment, which prevented the now wound-up law firm ACS:Law and company MediaCAT from discontinuing proceedings against 27 defendants they accused of downloading copyrighted pornographic films.
Birss was unhappy with how the two had proceeded up to this point, including the fact that Media CAT did not represent the owners of the infringed material, and wrote: "The advantage of discontinuing as opposed to applying to amend is unwarranted in that it avoids judicial scrutiny of the underlying basis for wider campaign orchestrated by MediaCAT and ACS:Law to generate revenue…"
During the February 8 hearing, Birss stayed proceedings for 14 days - or until February 22 - to...
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